Two astronauts with California ties are bound for the moon in 2028, after NASA unveiled the crew that will undertake a key mission in its effort to return humans to lunar orbit. On Tuesday, the space agency named the four selected for its Artemis III mission,

Blue Origin assess the impact of Thursday's New Glenn explosion, prompting concern about NASA moon program delays.

NASA officials on Tuesday detailed the space agency’s plans to establish a lunar base, where astronauts could live and work long-term with the ultimate goal of studying the moon and its origins, as well as how best to send the first humans to Mars.

NASA is moving forward with a major modernization effort at Johnson Space Center, awarding contracts to seven companies that will help upgrade aging facilities and infrastructure at the Houston campus that has served as the center of America’s human spaceflight program for more than six decades.

A handful of other countries have their own lunar programs, as does the European Union. Through 2030, governments and private entities have planned more than 400 missions in the next two decades to fly past or circle the moon or to land crewed or uncrewed ...